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MIAMI HERALD -- Feb 5 -- SplashVision.com is a social network for
people who work and play on the water. Can this new site be successful
with so many other established social networks in cyberspace? Mark
Brooks, editor of Social Networking Watch, said
it's ''very difficult'' for social networks to be successful, unless it
is a niche or does something very different. There
is a growth of smaller, more focused social networks popping up. And
there's especially a need for one to target the original Facebook users
-- a college-only audience", Brooks said. "At some point, students
are not going to want to hang out where their mothers are.''Collegetonight.com
is trying to be just that, but with a twist. It's more about letting
your real-life college entourage know where everyone is hanging out. ''It's not about being a
social networking site,'' said Zachary R. Suchin, chief executive
of College Tonight. "It's about a social network.'' FULL ARTICLE @ MIAMI HERALD